Indiana Supreme Court

Two Indiana Supreme Court justices disagreed with their colleagues in not accepting an appeal, finding that a ruling from
the state's intermediate appellate court muddled caselaw on medical business and noncompete agreements, and significantly
jeopardizes the public's access to medical care.

The "fireman's rule" doesn't allow a professional emergency responder to file a claim for the negligence
that creates the emergency to which he or she responds, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld today. As a result of its ruling,
the high court unanimously ruled a police officer's complaint against an adult showclub must be dismissed.

The Indiana Supreme Court today upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters. In
doing so, the high court re-evaluated its stance on what it means when a jury fails to recommend a sentence.

The Indiana Supreme Court disagreed with the Indiana Court of Appeals that the appellate court could review a defendant's
appeal - either because it qualified as a rare and exceptional case of great public interest or under Post-Conviction Rule
2. The Supreme Court deemed the man's failure to timely file an appeal to the revocation of his probation as fatal to
his claim.

The Indiana Supreme Court split on whether a hospital was negligent in letting a woman with injuries possibly caused by domestic
violence leave with her alleged abuser, who killed her on the way home after being discharged.

Walter Whatley isn't disputing the fact that he was in possession of cocaine and that he should be held accountable for
that.Instead, the Indianapolis defendant argues that he shouldn't have been convicted of Class A felony cocaine possession,
which is what he was charged with given that he had the cocaine within 1,000 feet of a "youth program center" or
a church near his home, where police arrested him after finding more than three grams of the illegal substance on him.